https://indonesiastt.ac.id/journal/index.php/ijr <div> <p>Indonesian Journal of Religious is a peer-reviewed journal published by Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Indonesia, Jakarta, corporate with the scholars association: <a href="https://ptaki.or.id/journals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indonesia Christian Theologians Association (ICTA)<span style="text-decoration: underline;">,</span></a> number <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DLEmqKXcfw56tD4Y9lwY_LHtfA9ou-4W/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">121/SU.KET/PTAKI/2023</a>. IJR has the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences published half-annually in April and October with e-ISSN: <a href="https://issn.brin.go.id/terbit/detail/20220127541421042" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2827-8984</a>. Decree of the Director General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia number <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/17l-8A7Hvz_e8NrCZn1KIU9AXQNIUR2lI/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">177/E/KPT/2024</a> concerning the accreditation ranking of scientific journals for period II of 2024 -IJR is <a href="https://sinta.kemdikbud.go.id/journals/profile/12963" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accredited SINTA 5</a>.</p> </div> LPPM - Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Indonesia Jakarta en-US Indonesian Journal of Religious 2827-8984 <p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" rel="license"><img src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License" /></a></p> <p>This work is licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" rel="license">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.</p> https://indonesiastt.ac.id/journal/index.php/ijr/article/view/56 <p><em>Ubuntu </em>lies at the heart of the African way of life and impacts on every aspect of people’s well-being. This paper seeks to explore the notion of being human by grounding discussions around the concept of what is generally referred to as <em>Ubuntu </em>in South African education and society. The issue of discipline in schools or in education is selected as a way to demonstrate the concept of <em>Ubuntu </em>mostly amongst learners and teachers or either the school environment. <em>Ubuntu </em>is actually regarded as the soul force that drives almost every facet of societal life in African societies and that create the relationship between the African community. In this paper I will be mostly focusing on <em>Ubuntu </em>in education or rather in South African schools. This paper seeks to understand how <em>Ubuntu </em>impacts on discipline in South African schools. <em>Ubuntu </em>in the South African context or society is seen as the act of being human, caring, sympathy, empathy, forgiveness or any values of humanness towards others. <em>Ubuntu </em>is a capacity in South African culture that expresses compassion, reciprocity, dignity, harmony and humanity in the interests of building and maintaining a community with justice and mutual caring. The consequences of failure to embrace <em>Ubuntu </em>in South African Schools manifest itself through learner’s indiscipline and staff not respecting each other. The purpose of this paper is to place the reader in South African society and introduce the concept of <em>Ubuntu </em>as the Philosophy of the society in relation to education.</p> Baken Johannes Lefa Copyright (c) 2026 Baken Johannes Lefa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2026-06-22 2026-06-22 9 1 1 13 10.46362/ijr.v9i1.56